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Bill Payable

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In mercantile law. A bill of exchange accepted, or a promissory note made, by a merchant, whereby he ha.s engaged to pay money. It is so called as being payable by him. An account is usually kept of such bills in a book with that title, and also in the ledger. See Pars. Notes & Bills.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Commercial paper which one is bound to pay.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A bill of exchange accepted, or a promissory note made, by a merchant, whereby he has engaged to pay money. It is so called as being payable by him. An account is usually kept of such bills in a book with that title, and also in the ledger. See Parsons, Notes and Bills.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Ina merchant’s accounts, all bills which he has accepted, and promissory notes which he has mude, are called “bills payable,” and are entered in a ledger account under that name, and recorded in a book bearing the sume title,